Microsoft Could Be Completely Irrelevant In Four Years, Warns Analyst http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-could-be-completely-irrelevant-in-four-years-warns-analyst-2013-4/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Fri, 09 Dec 2016 22:08:48 -0500Charles Arthurhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/5161c4db6bb3f7c225000007IsquiesqueSun, 07 Apr 2013 15:11:23 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/5161c4db6bb3f7c225000007
There's more to PCs than this, though. Tablets are still a poor platform for coding new content, performing memory-intensive work such as GIS and graphic design, non-casual gaming, and a variety of other things that PCs (and other non-tablet/smartphone platforms) do best. I also don't see businesses and government taking so profound a shift in only four years.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515ef69eeab8eaf005000001vidhyakFri, 05 Apr 2013 12:06:54 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515ef69eeab8eaf005000001
"BlackBerry may say that its QNX software [used as the basis of BB10 on its new phones] can go into cars and phones, but Android is already in fridges. "
QNX not only CAN go into cars, it's currently running in more than 20 million of them worldwide. It also runs in many nuclear plants around the world.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515e54b1ecad04f32d000001teralFri, 05 Apr 2013 00:36:01 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515e54b1ecad04f32d000001
If you look at this month web usage in global stat counter, win8 just surpassed iOs as the fifth OS in the world, and android is well bellow iOs! Is possible that android surpass both apple an MS in terms of units, but the truth is that android is a bottom feeder OS, millions of cheap tablets and phones are powered by android, but barely make a dent in the market profits.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515e353d6bb3f7b264000008just like windows 7Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:21:49 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515e353d6bb3f7b264000008
just like windows 7? Isnt that sad then that there hasnt been any innovation? For ages? At least nothing that the average user can think of? Times have changed, and the Microsoft i used to love seems stuck in its comfort zone where it thinks it will always be the king, and that is deadly for any business.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515e2ce969bedd5d0100000dAndré Kenji De SousaThu, 04 Apr 2013 21:46:17 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515e2ce969bedd5d0100000d
"I don’t think any cloud based software will replace Office "
I think that´s the opposite: if Office wants to survive it will be the cloud based Office. People are going to need something that integrates mobile and desktop - like controlling the inventory of a warehouse with a mobile phone then using the desktop to process the information.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515deb306bb3f7a457000023Just LunchThu, 04 Apr 2013 17:05:52 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515deb306bb3f7a457000023
Unfortunately for the foreseeable future MSFT is not going anywhere. Its silly to think that enterprise accounts are going to switch over to a toy like an Ipad. It just wont happen. They are two different markets. But MSFT is very vulerable because of the crap they put out and the almost total lack of service. Have a problem with MSFT good luck getting help. Have a rpoblem with AAPL and you will get a call back from them in minutes..and you can understand what they are saying. Time is money in business and this arrogrance from MSFT leaves the door open. MSFT is not a permanante as you might think.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515de121eab8ea431700000fstocktipsinvestmentThu, 04 Apr 2013 16:22:57 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515de121eab8ea431700000f
I believe that competition for Microsoft is very strong. In recent years, this company has lost leadership and has ceased to be an innovative company that was some years ago. I have the impression that personal leadership is needed to permit this company to a qualitative leap.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515ddc496bb3f7643d00000bCharles DentThu, 04 Apr 2013 16:02:17 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515ddc496bb3f7643d00000b
Maybe iOS is making everyone stupid by its mind-numbing simplicity. For those of you whining about the metro interface, you can disable it and get your start button back. I actually like metro and use a lot of the apps. You guys complain about lack of change and then whine about progressive change to bridge the gap between tablets and pc's.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515ddb4eeab8ea0d0c00000bAre you new?Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:58:06 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515ddb4eeab8ea0d0c00000b
You can use it just like windows 7. Just get a start button program and disable metro. It is the same OS. Either you are trolling or completely computer illiterate.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515dcdfe69bedd1419000001g4ll4gherThu, 04 Apr 2013 15:01:18 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515dcdfe69bedd1419000001
Ballmer is the problem. Ballmer needs to be replaced. After that, they may have a chance.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515dad8b69beddff3e000018checkessentialThu, 04 Apr 2013 12:42:51 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515dad8b69beddff3e000018
Be careful what you wish for. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has done more good in the world than any other single-entity organization and continues to do so. And I'm a conservative.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515dad7e69bedd6b3f00000fDamionThu, 04 Apr 2013 12:42:38 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515dad7e69bedd6b3f00000f
Another example: You will have a touch-screen console in the hallway of your house, which will allow you to control heat, electricity, lights, doors, windows, air conditioning, etc... One console that controls everything in the house.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515dac08eab8ea601f000003DamionThu, 04 Apr 2013 12:36:24 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515dac08eab8ea601f000003
Its all about touch-screen style consoles and interfaces.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515dab736bb3f7835f000025DamionThu, 04 Apr 2013 12:33:55 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515dab736bb3f7835f000025
One of the hardest paradigms people will struggle with is -- any 'near' future technological revolution will not involve an "information" technology device. We will have another "Information" Technology Revolution in about fifty to seventy years.
Within the next technological revolution, 'touch-screen interfaces' (consoles & keyboards) will evolve to accommodate cars, trucks, houses, computers, etc... As a result of implementing 'touch-screen interfaces' (consoles), the technology behind certain other technologies will also evolve. Everything, except for the computer, will require a unique operating system, which will determine how a console relates to a specific piece of technology.
Car interfaces (removing the steering wheel) will have a different operating system, which will give the driver a certain amount of control over the vehicle.
Even though we are going to still rely on new 'information technologies', the main drive to the new 'technological revolution' will be to evolve 'other' technologies.
We are going to be leaving 'information technologies' behind, while using some items that have evolved from the information revolution, so that we can revolutionize how we interact with everyday technologies. Doors, lights, cars, boats, dryers, wash-machines, elevators, etc...
We are heading into a direction in which 'information technologies' will fall into the background.
Microsoft and Apple will not get us there, for their companies are solely based upon 'information'.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515da5f0eab8ea8211000004Nonense AnalysisThu, 04 Apr 2013 12:10:24 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515da5f0eab8ea8211000004
Everyone I know uses Office even on their Macs. And Win 7/8 on Bootcamp on their Macs too.
If they released Office for iPad they would make billions.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515da3a8ecad047260000001fredlledThu, 04 Apr 2013 12:00:40 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515da3a8ecad047260000001
Due to the ease of running vm's directly on hardware with built in base OS, things like Windows, OS X and Linux will become more like window managers today. Processing hardware will be built into displays and storage will be network based; a mix of local and cloud. Check out the Intel hypervisor roadmap.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515da2cf69beddea21000019dime10Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:57:03 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515da2cf69beddea21000019
You're getting Microsoft mixed up with Apple.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515da1766bb3f75e4f000006fredlledThu, 04 Apr 2013 11:51:18 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515da1766bb3f75e4f000006
Or split into consumer entertainment and enterprise support.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515da0d0eab8eadc0300000aExtendedResultsThu, 04 Apr 2013 11:48:32 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515da0d0eab8eadc0300000a
Yes, tablets have made a MAJOR impact on the PC business. We have seen this first hand with our mobile business intelligence solution (PUSHBI). But is it displacing the PC? A little bit, but what it is really doing is delaying PC upgrades. People are willing to stay with their PC longer because they extended some of their internet needs to the tablet. Within a year or so, people will be upgrading all those old laptops that are slowing down. People are still their MOST PRODUCTIVE on a laptop/PC when it comes to business or even at home. I have to purchase another 25 laptops for my business, not tablets. :o)http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515da05169beddd421000002dime10Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:46:25 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515da05169beddd421000002
So when Apple comes up with a complete carbon copy, what you gonna say then? Ooh, it's amazing!! OMG it's so beautiful! It's Great!! Magical!! I love this, I love that?...Please, gimme a break!!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d9c3fecad04b44e00000dXiabiThu, 04 Apr 2013 11:29:03 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d9c3fecad04b44e00000d
Microsoft is completely irrelevant in four years every year.
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/2008/10/microsoft-windows-the-beginning-of-the-end" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >http://www.businessinsider.com/2008/10/microsoft-windows-the-beginning-of-the-end</a>
<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/steve-ballmers-nightmare-how-microsofts-business-really-could-collapse-2011-11?op=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >http://www.businessinsider.com/steve-ballmers-nightmare-how-microsofts-business-really-could-collapse-2011-11?op=1</a>http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d9b96eab8ea4e70000016markbjerkeThu, 04 Apr 2013 11:26:14 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d9b96eab8ea4e70000016
Rubbish. The author misses the point you have to have software to run on those mobile devices. Start with Office.
Microsoft has done an admirable job developing THE office platform. One that is localized globally. It has been forged through years of refinement.
What is the most important goal for Android tablets if they wish to replace the desktop ? Getting a global office platform to run on them.
Replacing the Microsoft Office suite with a competitor will require legions of programmers. Development costs ? You looking at decade time frames. You know doing non-trivial things like bidirectional language support. Try and hire for that.
Well you say Office doesn't matter to most users who only wish to browse and read email. So what ? The world needs an office platform, that will never ever go away and the point is it's going to be insanely difficult to replace it with something else.
Or companies will cut deals with that irrelevant company for the software they can't produce themselves.
Software hasn't really become that much easier to develop. If anything I see the reverse happening, because it's so difficult to replace strategic applications the tablets and mobile devices are the commodities NOT the software.
The companies that have the software that is hardest to replicate are the survivors.
I don't work at Microsoft.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d96eeecad048846000004Huh?Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:06:22 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d96eeecad048846000004
Win 8 is great and much more stable than the Mac OS.
YOu just have to disable the stupid metro interface. Once I did that it's been great. 2 months on 2 machines and not so much as a single hiccup. And I'm a power user.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d96046bb3f7803900000cjkissThu, 04 Apr 2013 11:02:28 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d96046bb3f7803900000c
They have been irrelevant for the last 4 years.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d923fecad04753a000026DhbThu, 04 Apr 2013 10:46:23 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d923fecad04753a000026
My mother in law bought a new dell with windows 8 from qvc and she had a 10 day window to return it if unsatisfied. guess what? It got packaged up and sent back after a couple of days. I hated it and thought it was the worst windows OS they have ever developed.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d921d6bb3f7be32000008AzzrasThu, 04 Apr 2013 10:45:49 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d921d6bb3f7be32000008
You can use office for free on the web...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d919969bedddd75000016AzzrasThu, 04 Apr 2013 10:43:37 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d919969bedddd75000016
XBox?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d90c8ecad04af3a000006AzzrasThu, 04 Apr 2013 10:40:08 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d90c8ecad04af3a000006
MS irrelevant? Whom will take over EVERY BUSINESS ON THE PLANET'S backend?
I would even wager this site is heavily reliant on MS.
Analysts....http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d89c469beddd663000001DamionThu, 04 Apr 2013 10:10:12 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d89c469beddd663000001
If you look at the trends closely, the whole technology sector is in trouble. PC. tablets, phones, games, etc... Within one to four years from now, I predict we will be heading back to the 1980s. Personal computers are still going to evolve; however, the market for them will crawl along. Since everyone has adapted all the new technologies (pc, tablets, and phone), they have become common in every house hold and business. People are also holding onto their technologies longer.
On the flip side, touch-screen monitors and tablets are not the future; however, they will 'evolve' the pc in a very interesting manner. Within approximately fifteen to twenty years from now, the personal computer will look drastically different.
'Touch-screen keyboards' attached to 'all in one computers' is a foreshadowing of the future; however, they are not the end result of what is to come. Instead of calling them 'touch-screen keyboards', we will call them tactile interfaces or consoles. What is very interesting about the next revolution is that its not limited to information technology. It branches outward.
Microsoft and Apple will realize the world will need multiple and compatible operating systems, but each will be designed to accommodate a specific type of function. One Example Only: Car consoles will need a separate operating system, which deals with how a person drives a vehicle. It will not be for information sharing. Get it?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d8379eab8eaec3d000001katmandoo122Thu, 04 Apr 2013 09:43:21 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d8379eab8eaec3d000001
This analyst is on drugs. Microsoft could shut down it's doors today and still be more than relevant for 5 years or more. Long-term, who knows, but the 4 year time frame is a joke.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d7e1769bedd3a3f000020GeorgeVThu, 04 Apr 2013 09:20:23 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d7e1769bedd3a3f000020
Does the equivalent version of Office 365 cost like 2x-3x more than the whole of Google Apps?
Google is even giving QuickOffice for free for mobile in enterprise now. I bet Microsoft will be charging $200+ for Office on tablets, too.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d7dba69bedd8b3f000024GeorgeVThu, 04 Apr 2013 09:18:50 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d7dba69bedd8b3f000024
Did you even read the article? It says right there black on white that Android's user base will be 3x bigger than Window. And even the iOS user base will match that of Windows in the near future.
Considering that MOST developers already focus on iOS and Android with only a fraction of the market - just imagine what that will do to Windows in a few years.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d7d466bb3f7770800000ejohn chaThu, 04 Apr 2013 09:16:54 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d7d466bb3f7770800000e
Ha ha.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d7d20eab8ea102a00000eGeorgeVThu, 04 Apr 2013 09:16:16 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d7d20eab8ea102a00000e
Microsoft is dead. They just don't know it yet. The crappy Metro interface sure didn't help PC sales when they patched it up on top of Windows.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d7c4deab8ea042a000008lightThu, 04 Apr 2013 09:12:45 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d7c4deab8ea042a000008
You are an idiot. Linux is the most irrelevant of all in this line of conversation.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d7bb769beddf43e000001REThu, 04 Apr 2013 09:10:15 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d7bb769beddf43e000001
Desktop is still dominated by Windows 7 and Office. This combo has been around for over a decade (since Windows XP) and will not go away for at least another decade.
So no.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d7b30eab8ea8b27000007lightThu, 04 Apr 2013 09:08:00 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d7b30eab8ea8b27000007
Even without office 365 - the office app integration through skydrive has already destroyed my use of google docs.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d79b5ecad04d909000041ughh stay in the UKThu, 04 Apr 2013 09:01:41 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d79b5ecad04d909000041
What a very amateur outlook. It's weird how people think Microsoft’s golden ticket is on the consumer side. Just because apple made a wave of money (that is crashing now) on consumer gadgets for 4 years doesn’t meant every other company has to. Apple is dying down and it’s branding is starting to fade. I heard a few college kids at the grocery store make fun of their one friend with an iphone saying it’s for teeny boppers.
Unless every government, stock exchange, engineering firm, construction Company and college/university around the world decide to swap out their PC for an open source platform (never) or apple (laughable) then Microsoft isn’t going anywhere. I don’t think any cloud based software will replace Office nor will anything come close; google is the only one who has taken a stab at it and it’ a joke. MS font data alone are in every commercial product let alone everything you are viewing right now. Or if you are drinking coffee stamped on your cup because it was resident in the HP printer they paid MS for. MS is embedded in sociality.
Saying MS will not be relevant in four years is like saying printers and desktops won’t be around. Because everyone will be using touch screens to type up books /papers and do work with swiping and pinching to zoom.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d784269bedd603000000dBI SB commenters are pumping Microsoft?Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:55:30 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d784269bedd603000000d
Then you must short MSFT.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d768e69bedd7330000018freddy beeThu, 04 Apr 2013 08:48:14 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d768e69bedd7330000018
it could take decades and decades for Microsoft to be illrelevant in the enteprise. Remember, they sign long-term licensing agreements - in 4 years these things will still be in place and they'll still be printing money.. the consumer space is interesting - i think it really depends what Microsoft does with Windows. If windows can be great and low-priced, and ship on tablets and pc's - then maybe... windows8 was a step.... it'll take windows 9... and some great hardware that people love. some windows 8 tablets are pretty great - but microsoft needs their SG3 moment, if they are going to live on in terms of relevance with consumers...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d763f69bedd6e30000007Win H8Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:46:55 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d763f69bedd6e30000007
Win 8 is horrible. MS tried to straddle the line between a desktop OS and a mobile OS and came up short on both counts. 8.1 needs to kill it on PC platforms or they risk starting to lose bread-and-butter marketshare to Linux. For real. 8 is THAT BAD on PC's, and the latest versions of Linux are dynamite.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d749d6bb3f7c777000014jake findleyThu, 04 Apr 2013 08:39:57 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d749d6bb3f7c777000014
I think a major mistake is to call the mobile system "Windows". In the mind of the consumer, it means a buggy, crash prone, curse-inducing operating system as opposed to Android or Apple. They should have rebranded the phone by another name.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d747e6bb3f7c379000004Peter VerkooijenThu, 04 Apr 2013 08:39:26 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d747e6bb3f7c379000004
BTW Aliyun OS will kill Android in China and maybe much of Asia.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d7220ecad047d7d000009Peter VerkooijenThu, 04 Apr 2013 08:29:20 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d7220ecad047d7d000009
These stories predicting Microsoft's imminent demise have been around since the 1990s. Desktop Linux was going to make Microsoft obsolete. Or thin clients.
Apple really was going under at some point and made a comeback partly thanks to an investment from Microsoft. What has Apple done lately that's really game-changing?
Google launches so many half-baked projects. Most fail. Google Glass is not going to be the future of personal computing. Self-driving cars would be a totally different business/industry.
Microsoft may be a boring also-ran in many categories, but they are not going anywhere.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d6ee56bb3f7d56c000013dime10Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:15:33 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d6ee56bb3f7d56c000013
You may need to go and exchange some information with your doctor!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d6d42ecad042677000001dime10Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:08:34 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d6d42ecad042677000001
Irrelevant? With Windows 8, Windows phone 8? The most up to date OS? With all the competition copying Microsoft's UI? Some people are really deluded. Microsoft can survive a shit load more than Apple can. and i tell you this, confused Appleheads, Apple will fail before Microsoft does. Believe!!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d6ccceab8ea4108000007dyelThu, 04 Apr 2013 08:06:36 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d6ccceab8ea4108000007
Nobodys even mentioned Office 365....its easily going to replace google docs among corporate users and from what i see/hear anecdotally its being used far more by students now in place of google docs. People have been calling for microsoft irrelevance for as long as i can remember its just not going to happen.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d6a1eeab8ea1803000009TarH33lThu, 04 Apr 2013 07:55:10 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d6a1eeab8ea1803000009
How is this news? They were irrelevant five years ago.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d66526bb3f77a5b00002eitsmeThu, 04 Apr 2013 07:38:58 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d66526bb3f77a5b00002e
Microsoft is already irrelevant.
We could still use windows XP and office 2007 and not lack anything really important (and many people do)...
They have to really innovate, take risks, and stop adding bloat junk to their products.
Microsoft is really more like Apple than imagined, without Bill Gates Microsoft is an empty shell exactly like Apple is under Tim Cook.
These companies need passionate technology, and innovators to lead them not stupid and boring managers...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d6389ecad04095d000037elllroyThu, 04 Apr 2013 07:27:05 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d6389ecad04095d000037
i think it will happen even faster. microsoft will be irrelevant in the consumer and pc space very soon. but that doesn't mean they will be irrelevant all together. they will exit the consumer (xbox) and internet markets (bing, websites) and concentrate on being an enterprise server software company. the recent strategy shift to being a devices and services company is obviously misguided. i suppose ballmer will be given the boots soon and with a new ceo microsoft can concentrate on the server room where they belong.
revenue and profits will fall but after a probably painful adjustment they will stay around as a powerful enterprise player. and they have the means for a huge acquisition. heck, even sap wouldn't be out of reach.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d61916bb3f72257000007Andrew HallThu, 04 Apr 2013 07:18:41 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d61916bb3f72257000007
I think people forget the relative size of the PC market? Even if Microsoft never sold another copy of Windows, the installed user base for Windows dwarfs its competitors, still. There are estimated to be 1.2 billion Windows machines active in the world; compared to about 400 million iOS devices and 500 million Androids. Analysis who say desktops are dying are ignoring the fact that - yes, it's a shrinking market, but the desktop computer will never fully disappear. There are things that you simply cannot do as effectively on a tablet or smartphone; most computing professionals - particularly developers of any kind - are always going to want a desktop system with a full tactile keyboard and large monitor. Microsoft will only fully lose relevance if they are successfully challenged in the desktop market they still control 80-90% of - but because that market is shrinking, they are going to have to as well, and adapt. They do need to penetrate the phone and tablet market; and they need to recognize that the effective desktop market is probably going to shift towards high-end systems, because the people who continue to want desktops are going to want them for reasons that demand powerful machines.
I see the present PC market splitting into two over the next five years, with the low end and those who want a computer mostly for web browsing and YouTube and Hulu and etc. going to tablets, and gamers and developers remaining with desktops. But that is only my take.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d614c69bedd6f7200003eJAThu, 04 Apr 2013 07:17:32 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/515d614c69bedd6f7200003e
Microsoft has ZERO chance to penetrate the tablet or smart phone business - or frankly any new, for MS, business - as long as Ballmer is running the show.
He has a perfectly consistent 100% success rate of failure in penetrating new markets. He can maintain and run a status quo business, but nothing more.
He has to be removed.